The Cleveland Indians were expected to be cellar dwellers in 2011. Then, BAM. 30-15 to start the season, and Cleveland was flying high. As the season wore on, the team eventually wore down with it, losing its grasp on first place in the AL Central, and by the end of the season, its season-long battle […]

We’re down to the nitty gritty, the most important awards of all: the most valuable player. There’s a wide open competition in the American League, which is where I’m going to focus on first. Names like Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, Jose Bautista […]

The news just broke on Twitter (courtesy of the official MLB account): Mike Quade will not return as Chicago Cubs manager in 2012. He was under contract for next season after signing a two year deal (with an option for 2013) prior to the 2011 season. After another disappointing Cubs season, new team president Theo […]

It was supposed to be THE YEAR for the Chicago White Sox. They had finally brought Adam Dunn to the American League, where he’d be a force at designated hitter and his team wouldn’t have to worry about his awful fielding anymore. Alex Rios had an awesome bounceback year in 2010, and looked like he […]

The 2010 Kansas City Royals won 67 games. The 2011 Kansas City Royals won 71 games. A four game improvement doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but look at it this way. The Royals slashed payroll from $74 million in 2010 to $38 million in 2011, a nearly 50% decrease. The average age of their […]

It was uh, not a good season for the Minnesota Twins. We normally break this down into “what went right” and “what went wrong”…I’m not sure I can find anything in the “right” side of things. A year after winning 94 games and winning the AL Central title yet again, the Twins lost 99 games […]

After being delayed 45 minutes because of a MAC football game that featured over 120 points being scored, ESPN’s broadcast of the Gold Glove awards “ceremony” started at around 10:45 tonight. First off, why would you schedule something like this behing a live event that has potential to run late? That’s just a ridiculous idea […]

In some late news today,

A lot of fans have really turned on the idea of the Gold Glove award. A number of the awards are given to players who have great offensive years, and they get the Gold Glove as almost a consolation prize. A good example of this recently is Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies winning last year […]

The battle for the National League Cy Young award went back and forth in the second half, with the dominant Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies losing ground to Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers as the season went on. It would end up being a photo finish, with former top contender Jair Jurrjens […]

In the middle of the season, this race was between two horses: Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers and Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels. In the two and a half months since though….things changed. Midseason winner: Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers VOTING RESULTS1) Justin Verlander, Tigers (45 points, nine first place votes)2) CC Sabathia, […]

It’s just been announced on Twitter (by Sabathia himself, nonetheless) that the Yankees ace would NOT be opting out of his contract to become a free agent, and would remain a Yankee. No immediate word on whether or not his contract was reworked. Sabathia was scheduled to make $23 million a year for the next […]

Earlier today, we took at look at the American League Rookie of the Year, as voted on by our staff here at the Outside Corner. Right now, it’s time to look at the National League version of the award. At the midseason voting, four players received a first place vote, including three members of the […]

Well here we go, guys. These were very popular when we did ballots midseason, and now, we’re going to take a look at the whole scope of the season, and just who the staff of The Outside Corner thinks should win the six major awards: MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year, in both […]

Chris Carpenter allowed two runs in six innings on three days rest, and game six hero David Freese drove in a pair while reaching base three times as the St Louis Cardinals became the champions of baseball, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-2 to win the World Series four games to three. Game six getting rained […]